Supreme Court to review prayer case

The town says the court has already upheld prayers at the start of legislative meetings. | Reuters

By ASSOCIATED PRESS | 5/20/13 9:54 AM EDT

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is taking a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open meetings in an upstate New York town.

The justices said Monday they will review an appeals court ruling that held that he town of Greece in suburban Rochester violated the Constitution by opening nearly every meeting over an 11-year span with prayers that stressed Christianity.